Tarija weather in May

In May, Tarija sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 6.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tarija's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarija's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:46 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Tarija is city of Bolivia.

Founded: 1574

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tarija reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

How May really feels in Tarija

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tarija weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 11°	220	24.9	13.2	4.0
Feb	20° / 11°	190	21.8	12.7	4.1
Mar	20° / 10°	163	21.8	12.2	4.5
Apr	19° / 9°	72	13.8	11.5	5.5
May	19° / 6°	24	6.9	11	6.6
Jun	19° / 3°	9	3.2	10.7	7.3
Jul	18° / 2°	9	2.7	10.8	7.4
Aug	19° / 4°	15	4.5	11.3	7.4
Sep	20° / 6°	34	8.4	11.9	6.7
Oct	21° / 9°	86	17.3	12.5	5.3
Nov	20° / 10°	130	20.5	13	4.6
Dec	21° / 11°	194	24.5	13.3	4.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	59	59	61	62	62	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	41	41	39	38	38	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tarija gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 6.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	34	33	32	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	29
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	21
19	20
20	19
21	18
22	18
23	17
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	11

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:40	5:53
2	11.2	6:40	5:52
3	11.2	6:40	5:51
4	11.2	6:41	5:51
5	11.1	6:41	5:50
6	11.1	6:42	5:50
7	11.1	6:42	5:49
8	11.1	6:42	5:48
9	11.1	6:43	5:48
10	11.1	6:43	5:47
11	11.1	6:44	5:47
12	11.0	6:44	5:46
13	11.0	6:45	5:46
14	11.0	6:45	5:45
15	11.0	6:45	5:45
16	11.0	6:46	5:44
17	11.0	6:46	5:44
18	10.9	6:47	5:44
19	10.9	6:47	5:43
20	10.9	6:48	5:43
21	10.9	6:48	5:43
22	10.9	6:49	5:42
23	10.9	6:49	5:42
24	10.9	6:49	5:42
25	10.9	6:50	5:41
26	10.8	6:50	5:41
27	10.8	6:51	5:41
28	10.8	6:51	5:41
29	10.8	6:52	5:40
30	10.8	6:52	5:40
31	10.8	6:52	5:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tarija

In seasonPeak

None of Tarija's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tarija's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tarija?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tarija for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarija in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Tarija sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Tarija in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tarija peaks around January 18 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	15	12	9	7	7	10	12	15	15	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tarija?

Tarija sits at 21.5°S, 64.7°W, 1,870 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Tupiza, 103 km away.

Topography around Tarija

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tarija.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarija has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 1,886 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,129 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,049 m.

The land around Tarija is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

108 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

2,129 m

grassland 56%

80 km

4,049 m

grassland 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← April Tarija year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Tupiza 103 km · Villazón 108 km · Yacuiba 121 km · Profesor Salvador Mazza 122 km · Villamontes 134 km · Bermejo 139 km · Tartagal 145 km · General Mosconi 151 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tarija (-21.5355°, -64.7296°, elevation 1,870 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	29
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	21
19	20
20	19
21	18
22	18
23	17
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	29
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	21
19	20
20	19
21	18
22	18
23	17
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	5
18	19	5
19	19	5
20	19	5
21	19	5
22	19	5
23	19	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	54	46
11	55	45
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	29
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	21
19	20
20	19
21	18
22	18
23	17
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13
29	13
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0